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From: Byron Kauffman <KauffmanBB@lmtas.lmco.com>
Subject: Re: long term viability of Ada
Date: 1996/09/24
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bourass@ibm.net wrote:
> 
> Nasser
> >
> >In the commercial sector in the US there is almost no one using Ada.
> >
> 
> Well, now, that is their big mistake isn't it?
> 
> A nice, inexpensive Ada for popular platforms like Windows, OS/2 and Mac would
> go a long way to changing that trend.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Greg Bourassa

Maybe I'm out of touch, but $100 (for Thomson's ActiveAda) seems pretty 
'inexpensive' to me...